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Vow Document Scanner
Document scanner app for Windows
Phone photos in. Clean PDFs out. Cropped, flat and shadow-free.
Drop the photos you took of a contract, receipt or form. Vow Document Scanner finds each page, flattens it to its true A4 or Letter shape, turns it upright, removes shadows and saves one tidy PDF. No account, no watermark, nothing uploaded.
- No ads
- No malware
- No account
- Light & dark theme
- 10 documents a day, up to 5 pages each, every clean-up look
No ads. Ever.No pop-ups, no banners, no "offers".
No malware or bundlewareThe installer installs one thing: this app.
No account, no uploadIt works on your PC, and your files stay there.
Free daily limits, just $9.95 unlimitedNo subscription. No trial that runs out.
The problem
A photo of a page is not a scan
Snap a document on your desk and you get a skewed, shadowy picture with the table showing in the corners. The usual fixes come with strings attached.
Skewed, with the desk showing
Photos of a page come out tilted and trapezoid-shaped, with the table, shadows and clutter around the edges.
Your papers in someone's cloud
Many scanner apps sync every page to an online account, IDs and payslips included.
Watermarks on free scans
Free versions stamp their name on your document or cap the pages until you subscribe.
A subscription for a few pages
Monthly plans for something most people do a handful of times a month.
Stuck on a small screen
Phone apps make you nudge corners with a fingertip, then email the file to your own PC.
Too big for the upload form
A PDF made of full-size photos is often far bigger than the portal you need to send it to will accept.
Vow Document Scanner fixes all of it.
How it works
Drop. Check. Save PDF.
Every page is found and cleaned the moment it lands, and your documents never leave your PC.
- 01
Add your photos
Drop phone photos, scans or PDFs on the window, paste with Ctrl+V, or scan straight from any Windows scanner.
Drop photos, scans or PDFs and get clean, flat pages - 02
Check the pages
Each page is found, flattened, turned upright, straightened and cleaned. Drag the corners in the editor to fine-tune any page.
...and the quick guide with what the app does to each page - 03
Save one PDF
Pick a look and quality, see the estimated size, and press Save PDF. Drag the file straight into an email or upload box.
Turn whole folders of photos into documents in one go
Features
Scanner-quality pages from the phone in your pocket
For receipts, contracts, forms, school notes and anything you need to email, upload or keep.
Finds the page on any desk
Several independent edge finders locate the sheet on dark, wooden, carpeted or light surfaces, even in uneven light.
True paper shape
Perspective correction recovers the paper's real proportions from the camera angle and snaps to A4, Letter or Legal.
Upright and straight
Sideways and upside-down pages are turned using their text lines, then any remaining tilt up to 15 degrees is removed.
Shadows and yellow paper gone
Six looks: Auto, Colour, Gray, Black & white, Whiteboard and Photo, with shadow and paper-colour removal.
A page editor with a magnifier
Drag corners and edges, adjust brightness, contrast and ink, and watch the cleaned result update live.
PDF, JPG, PNG or TIFF
Multi-page PDFs in A4, Letter, Legal or A5 with margins, or images, including compact CCITT G4 TIFF for black and white.
Fits upload limits
A live size estimate as you choose, and a largest-file-size setting from 200 KB to 10 MB for upload forms.
Searchable PDFs
An invisible text layer from Windows' own text recognition, so you can search and copy words (Unlimited).
Works with any scanner
Scan from any WIA scanner through Windows' scan dialog, or open existing PDFs and multi-page TIFFs.
Batch and a watched folder
Turn whole folders of photos into documents, or pick up your phone's camera uploads automatically (Unlimited).
Light & dark theme
Easy on the eyes, day or night.
Document Scanner comes with a crisp light theme and a calm dark theme. Switch with one click, or let it follow your Windows setting by itself. It remembers your choice.
- LightClear and bright for daytime and busy offices
- DarkGentle on tired eyes late at night
- Follow WindowsChanges by itself when your PC does
Screenshots
See Vow Document Scanner in action
Real screenshots of the real app, in both of its themes: 5 light, 5 dark. Click any picture to see it full size.
Light theme
Dark theme
Who it's for
Who scans with it
Receipts and expenses
Turn a pile of receipt photos into one PDF for an expense claim or your tax return.
Signed contracts and forms
Photograph the signed pages and send back a clean, flat PDF instead of a crooked photo.
Students
Capture handouts, whiteboards and notes as clear, readable PDFs.
Small offices
Scan invoices and letters with a phone or the office scanner and file them with names read from the page.
Home paperwork
Keep bills, warranties and school letters as tidy files you can actually find.
Applications and portals
Send ID, certificates and proof of address at the size the upload form wants.
Compare
Vow Document Scanner vs the usual scanner apps
What typical phone scanner apps and free converters give you, side by side.
| Feature | Vow Document Scanner | Typical scanner apps & online converters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free every day, or $9.95 once | Monthly subscriptions |
| Your pages are uploaded | Never: 100% on your PC | Often synced to an online account |
| Watermarks on free scans | None | Common |
| Auto crop and perspective fix | Yes, with the true paper shape | Yes, on most apps |
| Big screen, mouse and keyboard | Yes, a Windows app | Mostly phone-only |
| Fits a file-size limit | Yes, 200 KB to 10 MB | Rarely |
| PDF password | Included free | Often a paid feature |
| Works with a desktop scanner | Yes, any WIA scanner | Usually camera only |
| Account required | No | Often |
"Typical" describes what we found across the most-downloaded alternatives when we built Document Scanner. Your mileage with any one of them may vary; ours won't.
Pricing
Free every day. Just $9.95 once for the lot.
That is not a typo. Software this powerful usually means a monthly subscription; Document Scanner is $9.95, once, for life: it's almost a giveaway. Use it free for as long as you like, and unlock Unlimited only if you need more.
Free
$0forever
10 documents a day, up to 5 pages each, every clean-up look.
- 10 documents a day (resets at midnight)
- Up to 5 pages per document
- Auto crop, flatten, straighten, shadow removal
- Every look: colour, gray, black & white, whiteboard
- PDF, JPG, PNG, TIFF, passwords and size targets
- No watermarks, no sign-up, nothing uploaded
Best valueUnlimited
$9.95USD, once. Yours for life.
Almost a giveaway. Less than a takeaway lunch for software this powerful: no subscription, no renewals, yours for life on 2 PCs.
Any page count, searchable PDFs, batch folders, smart file names.
- Any number of documents and pages
- Searchable PDFs and text export (OCR)
- Batch whole folders of photos
- A watched folder for phone uploads
- Smart file names read from the page
- One payment, yours for life on 2 PCs
How unlocking works
- 1Use it free first Install Vow Document Scanner and use it on your own files. No card, no account, no time limit.
- 2Click "Unlimited" in the app Pay $9.95 USD once by card, securely through Stripe in your browser.
- 3It unlocks itself Within seconds, for life, on up to 2 of your PCs. Your license key is emailed to you, and every future update is included.
Payments by Stripe: we never see or store your card. Questions? Ask a real person.
Clean software
Safe to install. Nothing else comes with it.
Most "free" Windows downloads pay for themselves with ads, bundled extras or your data. Vow Document Scanner doesn't need to: it's paid for honestly, once, by the people who find it useful.
Download Document Scanner free- No ads, toolbars or "offers"The installer installs one thing: Vow Document Scanner. No pre-ticked boxes to watch out for.
- No administrator rights neededIt installs just for you, in your own user folder, and leaves the rest of Windows alone.
- Nothing running in the backgroundNo startup programs, no tray nags, no services. When you close it, it's closed.
- Everything includedAll it needs is inside the installer, so you never have to fetch a "required component" from somewhere else.
- Uninstalls cleanlyOne click in Windows Settings > Apps. Your own files are never touched.
- A real company behind itMade, published and supported by XTO Pty Ltd, an Australian company, with real people answering every message.
Step-by-step guide
How to turn phone photos into a PDF on Windows
From a handful of photos to one clean, multi-page PDF in about a minute.
Step 1: get it freeInstall Vow Document Scanner free
Download it from this page and run the installer. It needs no administrator rights and no account, and everything it needs is inside.
Add the photos of your pages
Copy the photos to your PC and drop them on the window, or press Ctrl+O. JPG, PNG, WebP, TIFF, PDF and iPhone HEIC all work (HEIC needs Microsoft's free HEIF Image Extensions), and so do whole folders.
Let it find each page
Every page is found, flattened, turned upright and cleaned in the background. Drag pages to reorder them, or click one to adjust its corners or look.
Choose the look and size
Auto suits most documents; Black & white is best for plain text and Photo for pictures. Pick the quality and check the size estimate on the Save card.
Press Save PDF
Press Save PDF or Ctrl+Enter. The file lands in Documents\Vow Document Scanner, ready to open, copy, or drag into an email or browser upload box.
Technical details
Document Scanner at a glance
- Works on
- Windows 10 (1809+) and Windows 11, 64-bit
- Opens
- JPG, PNG, HEIC, WebP, AVIF, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PDF
- Saves
- PDF, JPG, PNG, multi-page TIFF · text export (Unlimited)
- Clean-up
- Auto crop, perspective, upright, straighten, shadow removal
- Scanners
- Any WIA scanner, through Windows' scan dialog
- Internet
- Not needed: works fully offline
- Install
- Per-user, no administrator rights, no account
- Languages
- English
- Theme
- Light, dark or follow Windows: one click to switch
- Version
- 1.0.0, released 7 November 2026
- Publisher
- XTO Pty Ltd (Australia)
FAQ
Questions about Document Scanner
Is Vow Document Scanner free?
Yes. You can save 10 documents a day of up to 5 pages each, with auto crop, every clean-up look, PDF, JPG, PNG and TIFF, passwords and size targets, and no watermarks. Every page is analysed and previewed for free; the limit only applies when saving. Unlimited, a one-time $9.95 USD payment, adds any page count, searchable PDFs and text export, batch folders, a watched folder and smart file names.
Are my documents uploaded anywhere?
No. Finding the page, flattening, cleaning and text recognition all run on your own PC, and text recognition uses the OCR built into Windows. There is no account and no cloud, and it works with no internet connection.
Do I need a scanner?
No. Photos from any phone are enough: the app finds the page and makes it look scanned. If you do have a scanner, Scan from scanner uses Windows' own scan dialog with any WIA scanner.
What if my document has more than 5 pages?
Every page is still analysed and previewed. The free version saves the first 5 pages, and you can save the rest as a second document, which counts as another of your 10 a day. Unlimited saves any number of pages in one PDF.
Can it make searchable PDFs?
Yes, with Unlimited: an invisible text layer is added so you can search and copy the words, using the text recognition languages installed in Windows. In the free version you can read the text of any page in the editor and copy it.
Can it make a PDF small enough for an upload form?
Yes, for free. The Save card shows an estimated file size as you change the quality, and in Advanced you can set a largest file size from 200 KB to 10 MB for upload forms.
Can it pick up photos from my phone by itself?
With Unlimited, a watched folder picks up photos as they arrive in your phone's camera upload folder in OneDrive, Google Drive or Dropbox, or a scanner's scan-to-folder, while the app is open, and adds them to the scan or saves each one.
Is it safe to install?
Yes. It is made and published by XTO Pty Ltd, an Australian company. There are no ads, no bundled software and no account, it needs no administrator rights, and it uninstalls cleanly from Windows Settings.
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- No malware
- No account
- No subscription